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Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Tangier, Morocco

10/28
  
3,500

Code
  
TNG

Phone
  
+212 5393-93720

Passenger count
  
849,882

Operator
  
ONDA

Elevation AMSL
  
62 ft / 19 m

Address
  
Tangier, Morocco

Elevation
  
19 m

Yearly aircraft movements
  
5,485

Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport

Focus city for
  
Air Arabia Maroc TUI Airlines Belgium Royal Air Maroc Ryanair

Similar
  
Antolin Tanger, Sixt, Consulat de Belgique, First Car

Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport (French: Aéroport Tanger Ibn Battouta, Arabic: مطار طنجة ابن بطوطة‎‎) (IATA: TNG, ICAO: GMTT) is an international airport serving Tangier (Tanger in French), the capital city of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region in Morocco. The airport is named for Ibn Battouta (1304–1368), a Moroccan traveler who was born in Tangier. The airport was formerly known as Tanger-Boukhalef Airport.

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A new airport terminal building was opened in 2008 to provide for many more flights and increased passenger capability, as Tangier has grown rapidly and modernised. The airport is certified by ISO 9001/2000 quality standards.

The airport handled over 856,818 passengers in the year 2015.

Facilities

Aircraft parking space of 40,640 square metres (437,445 sq ft) supports up to four Boeing 737s and one Boeing 747. For small craft two dedicated sections are assigned. The air terminal is 6,200 m2 (66,736 sq ft) and designed to handle 1,250,000 passengers per year. The cargo terminal is 529 m2 (5,694 sq ft) of covered space.

The airport has two runways but only the longer runway is in active use and 07/25 is closed. The 3500 meter long runway 10/28 is open and is capable of handling all sizes of aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 and Airbus A380-800.

The airport has an ILS status (Loc – Glide – DME) and offers the following radionavigational aids: VOR – DME – NDB. PAPI lighting available for runway 10/28 for approaches from either direction.

Tangier-Ibn Battouta is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.

Access

Tangier-Ibn Battouta is served by a dedicated taxi stand. Grand Taxis are available 24 hours a day at the curb in front of the terminal. The price of these taxis is fixed by the Moroccan Government. There are no bus routes that serve the airport directly. Small local taxis may drop off passengers but are forbidden from picking up at the terminal.

Incidents and accidents

  • On 13 October 1953, one passenger died on a domestic flight to Casablanca. During initial climb from Tanger the plane encountered unknown problems and made an emergency landing on a beach. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
  • On 23 December 1973, a Sud Aviation Caravelle on lease to Royal Air Maroc crashed near the airport after the pilot turned too far to the East in his approach to runway 28. In dark and rainy conditions the plane overflew dangerous terrain and crashed into mountains. All 106 on board died.
  • On 23 November 1988, Vickers Viscount G-BBVH of Gibraltar Airways was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident.

    • References

    Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport Wikipedia
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